Religion:Neikea
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Short description: Personifications of querrels in Greek mythology
| The Neikea | |
|---|---|
Personifications of Quarrel | |
| Member of the Family of Eris | |
| Abode | Underworld (possibly) |
| Personal information | |
| Parents | Eris[1] or Aether and Gaea[2] |
| Siblings | by Eris
by Aether and Gaea
|
| Equivalents | |
| Roman equivalent | Altercatio |
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In Greek mythology, the Neikea[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Νείκεα; singular: Νεῖκος Neikos "quarrels") were spirits of arguments, feuds, quarrels and grievances. Their Roman counterpart was Altercatio.
Family
Hesiod's account
In Hesiod's Theogony identifies the Neikea as children of Eris (Strife) through parthenogenesis[3] and siblings of Hysminai ("Battles"), Makhai ("Wars"), Phonoi ("Murders") and Androktasiai (Manslaughters").[4]
- "And hateful Eris bore painful Ponos ("Hardship"),
- Lethe ("Forgetfulness") and Limos ("Starvation") and the tearful Algea ("Pains"),
- Hysminai ("Battles"), Makhai ("Wars"), Phonoi ("Murders"), and Androktasiai ("Manslaughters");
- Neikea ("Quarrels"), Pseudea ("Lies"), Logoi ("Stories"), Amphillogiai ("Disputes")
- Dysnomia ("Anarchy") and Ate ("Ruin"), near one another,
- and Horkos ("Oath"), who most afflicts men on earth,
- Then willing swears a false oath."[5][6]
Hyginus' account
In another account, Neikos/ Altercatio was the offspring of the primordial deities Aether and Gaia.[7]
- "From Aether (Air) and Terra/ Gaia (Earth) [were born]: Dolor/ Algos (Pain), Dolus (Guile), Ira/ Lyssa (Anger), Luctus/ Penthus (Lamentation), Mendacium/ Pseudologoi (Lies), Jusjurandum/ Horcus (Oath), Ultio/ Poine (Vengeance), Intemperantia (Intemperance), Altercatio/ Neikea (Altercation), Oblivio/ Lethe (Forgetfulness), Socordia/ Aergia (Sloth), Timor/ Phobos (Fear), Superbia (Arrogance), Incestum (Sacrilege), Pugna/ Hysminai (Combat)."[8]
Notes
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 229
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 229
- ↑ Richard Caldwell, Hesiod's Theogony, Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Company (June 1, 1987). ISBN:978-0-941051-00-2.
- ↑ Caldwell, p. 42 lines 226-232, with the meanings of the names (in parentheses), as given by Caldwell, p. 40 on lines 212–232.
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony 226–232
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
References
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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